resumed on 26 april . res ##uming their advance , the australians were supported by three squadrons of co ##rsa ##irs from the royal new zealand air force — nos . 14 , 22 and 26 squadrons — which bombed and st ##raf ##ed the ground in front of the advancing infantry , as well as a creeping barrage of artillery and mortar fire . with such strong support the japanese offered little resistance and over the course of two days the 24th infantry battalion covered almost a third of the distance to the hong ##ora ##i , for just one man wounded . further progress was made over the next week , but on 4 may the advance was slowed when they encountered a road ##block defended
resumed on 26 april. resuming their advance, the australians were supported by three squadrons of corsairs from the royal new zealand air force — nos. 14, 22 and 26 squadrons — which bombed and strafed the ground in front of the advancing infantry, as well as a creeping barrage of artillery and mortar fire. with such strong support the japanese offered little resistance and over the course of two days the 24th infantry battalion covered almost a third of the distance to the hongorai, for just one man wounded. further progress was made over the next week, but on 4 may the advance was slowed when they encountered a roadblock defended